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Cometto SPMTs deployed in South Korea for floating dock transport

380 modular axle lines of Cometto MSPEs have been deployed for the transport of an 18,000-tonne floating dock in Gwangyang Port, South Korea. The floating dock, which measured 260 m long and 62 m wide, needed to be moved about 300 m out of …

Jul 5, 2023 / Curious

BC Ferries names its sixth Island Class ferry

Island Gwawis enters service this yearBC Ferries revealed the name of its sixth Island Class ferry on Tuesday (Jan 11) at a naming ceremony at Victoria’s Point Hope Maritime. Island Gwawis is the last in this series of Island Class vessels to enter …

Jan 13, 2022 / Vessels

BC Ferries names and christens the fifth Island Class ferry

Island Kwigwis will enter service in 2022BC Ferries revealed the name of its latest Island Class Ferry on Tuesday at a naming ceremony at its fleet maintenance facility in Richmond, B.C. Island Kwigwis is the newest vessel to join the fleet and will …

Dec 16, 2021 / Vessels

Royal Niestern Sander picks Ampelmann gangway for new icebreaker

Ampelmann, the global offshore access provider, has secured a contract with Dutch shipyard Royal Niestern Sander, member of the Royal Wagenborg Group, for the sale of a winterised A-type, a new motion compensated gangway system that combines the …

Jun 12, 2020 / Vessels

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets acquires additional stake in Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has reached an agreement with Siemens AG to acquire an additional 10 per cent stake in Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm (Gwynt y Môr) in the United Kingdom (UK).Gwynt y Môr is a 576 MW offshore wind farm …

Oct 29, 2019 / Curious